Alan Michael Butler

Quiet World began with a simple but unsettling idea: what would happen if the world suddenly fell silent? No familiar background noises, no human sounds at all, only birdsong. From that question grew a story about loss, isolation, and the small, stubborn ways people carry on.

The novel follows Adam, a man left alone in a world emptied of people, and a teenage girl trying to make sense of the same silence through her own experiences.

Their stories explore grief, love, loss and memory; what it means to remain human when everything familiar has gone; how we find meaning when life changes without warning. While the setting is bleak, the book is ultimately about resilience, connection, and the quiet hope that survives even in the darkest circumstances.

If you are here because you have read Quiet World, thank you and I hope you enjoyed it. If you have yet to read it, I hope you find something in it that stays with you. 

The sequel is due out in the Spring.